Carex petitiana explained

Carex petitiana is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae that lives in swamps and bogs at altitudes of 1800- in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Two subspecies are recognised:^[1]

• C. petitiana subsp. attenuata – only recorded from Malawi and Zimbabwe
• C. petitiana subsp. petitiana (Kük.) Luceño & M. Escudero – throughout the species' range

Notes and References

1. Marcial Escudero & Modesto Luceño . 2011 . Taxonomic revision of the tropical African group of Carex subsect. Elatae (sect. Spirostachyae, Cyperaceae) . . 68 . 2 . 225–247 . 10.3989/ajbm.2256. free .